ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. – Yes, you heard me right: This is the very last Christmas before next recession and bear market. So make the most of it. Seriously, have fun, buy lots of presents (on credit), celebrate with the folks, eat hearty, enjoy the eggnog, kiss a cutie under the …
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WASHINGTON – Congress faced renewed pressure Saturday from President Bush to extend the Patriot Act as lawmakers geared up for a weekend of work, searching for pre-holiday deals on the anti-terrorism law, military spending and budgets for big domestic agencies. Bush used his weekly radio address to criticize Democrats who …
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MODESTO, Calif. – Laci Peterson’s mother was awarded the proceeds from her slain daughter’s life insurance policy after a lengthy court dispute with son-in-law Scott Peterson, the convicted killer. Superior Court Judge Roger Beauchesne on Friday sided with Sharon Rocha, awarding her the proceeds from the $250,000 policy. He had …
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NEW YORK – A soldier on leave from the Army fired a gun in the air during a night of drinking and accidentally struck a mother of two in the head as she stood at her fifth-floor apartment window, prosecutors said Thursday. The woman died instantly. Pvt. Danny Carpio, 23, …
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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran said Thursday it needs Moscow to clarify what it called “ambiguities” in a proposal that Iran enrich uranium in Russian territory. Iran said it was considering the European- and U.S-backed proposal, a relatively conciliatory stance after weeks of outright rejection of moving enrichment abroad. The proposal …
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WIDEFIELD, Colo. – High school yearbooks were recalled so that administrators could black out a joke caption under one student’s picture: “most likely to assassinate President Bush.” Mesa Ridge High School (search) officials recalled about 100 yearbooks earlier this month and had staffers use markers to obscure the words in …
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MOSCOW – The verdict reading in the politically charged trial Monday of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky (search) adjourned until Tuesday, but lawyers and supporters said they had heard enough to be certain he would be found guilty. Khodorkovsky’s trial on charges including fraud and tax evasion has been the most …
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MOSCOW – The Moscow court reading the verdict in the politically charged trial of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky (search) adjourned Tuesday without announcing a final decision, postponing the laborious process into a third day. The court finished reading summations of the prosecution’s case on six of the seven charges against …
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BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s (search) newly approved human rights minister turned down the job Sunday, saying he was selected only because he was a Sunni Arab. “Concentrating on sectarian identities leads to divisions in the society and state, and for that reason I respectfully decline the post,” Hashim Abdul-Rahman al-Shibli …
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ANDIJAN, Uzbekistan – Soldiers opened fire on thousands of protesters in eastern Uzbekistan (search) on Friday after demonstrators stormed a jail to free 23 men accused of Islamic extremism. At least 50 people may have been killed in clashes with police and security forces, a protest leader said. Protesters fell …
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